King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1642
Transliteration: elattoō
Phonetic Spelling: (el-at-to'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make less (in rank or influence)
Meaning: to make less (in rank or influence)
ἐλαττόω (Buttmann, 7), ἐλάττω: 1 aorist ἠλαττωσα; passive, (present ἐλαττοῦμαι); perfect participle ἠλαττωμενος; (ἐλαττῶν); to make less or inferior: τινα, in dignity, Hebrews 2:7; passive to be made less or inferior: in dignity, Hebrews 2:9; to decrease (opposed to αὐξάνω), in authority and popularity, John 3:30. (Many times in the Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides on.)
Word Summary
elattoō: to make less (in rank or influence)
Original Word: ἐλαττόωTransliteration: elattoō
Phonetic Spelling: (el-at-to'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to make less (in rank or influence)
Meaning: to make less (in rank or influence)
Strong's Concordance
decrease, make lower. From elasson; to lessen (in rank or influence) -- decrease, make lower.
see GREEK elasson
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1642: ἐλαττόωἐλαττόω (Buttmann, 7), ἐλάττω: 1 aorist ἠλαττωσα; passive, (present ἐλαττοῦμαι); perfect participle ἠλαττωμενος; (ἐλαττῶν); to make less or inferior: τινα, in dignity, Hebrews 2:7; passive to be made less or inferior: in dignity, Hebrews 2:9; to decrease (opposed to αὐξάνω), in authority and popularity, John 3:30. (Many times in the Sept.; in Greek writings from Thucydides on.)